Microsoft apparently deleted a controversial cartoon after a social media backlash

Microsoft has taken down a series of blog posts after a backlash
over a cartoon posted today caused a social media stir.

That cartoon was supposed to be a guide on spotting "The Software
Developer Outside Silicon Valley," and was posted on the Microsoft for Work blog. A
link was tweeted out by the official Microsoft Azure account. Both
the post and tweet were deleted, but you can see a smaller
version of it as screenshotted by Twitter user @jessicard:

In other words, the cartoon —
especially the bit about shaving on the company shuttle —
reinforces the notion that software developers are essentially
man-children who can't dress or behave like adults. And, as the
cartoon indicates, they're definitely men. With
beards.

@jessicard@jessicag can we please all start wearing fake beards to technical interviews because i would actually love that